The Sickle is a handy harvesting tool available in a wide variety of materials. It harvests all crops within a 5x5 square of blocks, with the clicked block in the center. Among the harvested crops are wheat, sugar cane, lily pads as well as flax.

Harvesting flax with a sickle by hitting the tops of the plants will only hack off the tops of flax in range. The lower layer is not touched, so the plant will remain planted in the ground.